Book reviews

AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMAT. Alan Watt. Angus & Robertson in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sydney, 1972. 0207–12354–3. 329 pp. $8.50.

AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR. W. R. Crocker. Sun Books, Melbourne, 1971. 211 pp. $1.95 paper.

THE POLITICS OF DEPENDENCE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1968. A. L. Epstein, R. S. Parker, Marie Reay (eds.). Australian National University Press, 1971. 0–424–06270–4. 398 pp. $8.95.

AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA. W. J. Hudson (ed.). Sydney University Press, 1971. 0–7081–0188–7. 198 pp. $6.50 hard cover, $4.00 paper.

AUSTRALIA IN THE NUCLEAR AGE: NATIONAL DEFENCE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Ian Bellany. Sydney University Press, 1972. 0424063107. 144 pp. $6.00.

THE CRISIS OF LOYALTY: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY. Bruce Grant. Angus & Robertson in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sydney, 1972. 0–207–12472, 0–207–12423‐X. 107 pp. $3.25 hard cover, $2.50 paper.

THE AUSTRALIAN YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1968–1969. H. B. Connell (ed.). Butterworth (Australia), 1971. 409–3940–9. 244 pp. $12.50.

KENT HUGHES. A BIOGRAPHY. Frederick Howard. The Macmillan Company of Australia, Melbourne, 1972. 0–333–13909–7. 255 pp. $6.50.

THE MAKING OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION. J. A. La Nauze. Melbourne University Press, 1972. 05–2284016–7. xi, 369 pp.

RICHARD BOURKE. Hazel King. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1971. 312 pp. $10.95.

INDIA, PAKISTAN AND THE GREAT POWERS. William J. Barnds. Pall Mall Press, London, 1972. 269–67199–4. 388 pp. £4.25 (stg).

THE INDIAN OCEAN: TOWARDS A PEACE ZONE. Devendra Kaushik. Vikas, Delhi, 1972. 7069–0173–8. 225 pp. 24 Rupees.

INDIA, RUSSIA, CHINA AND BANGLA DESH. J. A. Naik. S. Chand & Co., New Delhi, 1972. 163 pp. 20 Rupees.

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN THE 1970s: THE ROLES OF THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Bruce Brown (ed.). Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1971. 0–7081–0087–2. 253 pp. $5.

THE ASIAN NEWSPAPERS’ RELUCTANT REVOLUTION. John A. Lent (ed.). Iowa State University Press, 1971. 08138–1335–3. 373 pp. $US12.50.

AN INTRODUCTION TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS. J. R. E. Waddell John Wiley and Sons, Sydney, 1972. 0471–91301–4, 0471–91300–6. 305 pp. $6.50 hard cover, $4.50 paper.

THE INDONESIAN COMMUNIST PARTY AND LAND REFORM 1959–1965. Rex Mortimer. Monash Papers on Southeast Asia, Number One, 1972. 78 pp. $1.50.

INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT IN MALAYA. PRELUDE TO THE COMMUNIST REVOLT OF 1948. Michael Stenson. Oxford University Press, London, 1970. 19–212957–0. 271 pp. $7.80.

NATIONALISM, REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Michael Leifer (ed.). Ag Zug, Switzerland, Inter Documentation Company, 1970. 175 pp. Swiss Fr. 28.50.

THE PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY OF SINGAPORE: EMERGENCE OF A DOMINANT PARTY SYSTEM. Thomas J. Bellows. Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, New Haven, 1970. Distributed by Cellar Book Shop, Detroit. 195 pp. $US5.75.

THE INNOVATORS. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TRAINED PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Mary C. Hodgkin. Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1972. 0424–063808. 118 pp. $3.00 Paper.

JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA IN THE SEVENTIES. J. A. A. stockwin (ed.). Angus & Robertson in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sydney, 1972. 0–207–12395–0. 223 pp. $4.00 hard cover, $3.25 paper.

THE FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA. Leo Marquard. Oxford University Press, 1971. 142 pp. £2 (stg.).

AMERICA THE DUTIFUL: AN ASSESSMENT OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. Philip W. Quigg. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971. 223 pp. $6.95.     

位于尼姆鲁德遗址的亚述那西尔帕二世的卡拉克西北宫殿中的新亚述浅浮雕彩绘．慕尼黑的研究成果

路德维格一世在1825—1848年间任巴伐利亚的国王,1863年他从尼姆鲁德遗址获得了7个浅浮雕艺术品。最近进行的对这些浮雕作品的修复使得其上残留的原始彩绘重新被人们发现,本文讨论了对这些原始彩绘面貌进行重现的可能性及存在的相关问题。     

Financial narratives of the modern corporation

This paper is about the ways that financial narratives are usedby corporations to drive organizational change. Analysis offinancial practices within BHP Ltd, a large Australian resourcescompany, is used to trace the development of new managementstrategies, how they have been propelled by financial tacticsand tools and how specific investment outcomes have been valorizedto the exclusion of others. The second section of the paperfocuses on the role of the logics of finance and accountingin general and the ways particular corporate accumulation anddistributional outcomes are produced. The section draws heavilyon insights into accounting representations of the firm in thework of Anthony Hopwood and his peers centred on the journalAccounting, Organizations and Society. The third section discussespossibilities for alternate distributional outcomes which mightarise from different stakeholder participation in the governanceand operation of large firms.     

Scrutiny in the Modern City: The domestic public and the Toronto Local Council of Women at the turn of the twentieth century: La vigilancia en la Ciudad Moderna: Lo domestico público y el Concilio Local de Mujeres de Toronto en los inicios de siglo XX

In this article I argue that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ‘white’ Protestant bourgeois women acted publicly and engaged in the production of public space, while disregarding the moral geographies now associated with such women's mobility. Highlighting the urban/social reform activities of the Toronto Local Council of Women, this article argues that their unlimited use of public space combines with domestic ideology's dictate to protect the home. Requiring women to scrutinize public space for threats against their families, home-protection compelled domestic public women to discover, assess and correct city-hazards, irrespective of moral geographies.

En este artículo argumento que a finales del siglo XIX y el principio del siglo XX, las mujeres burguesas, protestantes, ‘blancas’ participaron en la construcción del espacio publico cuestionando las geografías morales asociados con este tipo de movilidad de las mujeres. Subrayando las actividades de la reforma urbana/social del Concilio Local de Mujeres de Toronto, este artículo propone que el uso ilimitado del espacio público que hicieron estas mujeres combinando con la ideología del espacio doméstico contribuyeron a la protección del hogar. Dada la motivación de proteger el hogar, estas mujeres con acceso al espacio público, se vieron forzadas y examinado en busca de posibles amenazas a sus familias y como consecuencia, a identificar, evaluar y corregir ciertos peligros urbanos sin tener en cuenta las geografías morales.     

Glass on the Amber Road: the chemical composition of glass beads from the Bronze Age in Poland

The article discusses the chemical composition of 56 glass samples from 52 beads found in Poland at 13 archaeological sites (mainly cemeteries). The artefacts have been dated to the II–V period of the Bronze Age (=phases BzB–HaB; c. 1600–750/700 bc). The LA-ICP-MS method was applied. Two groups were distinguished in this assemblage based on a comparison of the MgO to K₂O ratio in glass: (i) high magnesium glass (HMG)—23; and (ii) low magnesium and high potassium glass (LMHK)—33 (29 matrix glass specimens and 4 decorative). In southern Poland, beads made of HMG and LMHK are often found in the same cemeteries. Analyses have shown that HMG was most probably made in Mesopotamia and that at least one cobalt glass is of Egyptian provenance. LMHK glass was made in Europe, most probably in Italy. Also, Italy was the most probable transit point for artefacts made of HMG en route to East-Central Europe.     

Archaeological Investigations of York South Motive Power Depot

ABSTRACT

Results of a study of the southern portion of the railway lands adjacent to York Station are considered. An early straight shed and a rare combination of three roundhouses, variously built by the Great North of England Railway, the York and North Midland Railway and the North Eastern Railway at the York South Motive Power Depot, were investigated and preserved in situ beneath the new rail operating centre, the largest in the country. Originally constructed between 1841 and 1864, these remarkable engine sheds remained in railway use for up to 120 years. Documentary and archaeological evidence is considered and placed within a wider context to explain how these buildings were adapted as their functions evolved. This allows us to understand how the sheds remained in operation after comparable structures at other depots became obsolete.